Thursday, August 10, 2017

Maps of Lion Habitats Available from Ball State University Libraries

2009 Lion Habitats and Historic Range

2012 Lion Statistics

#WorldLionDay
Mapping Where Lion Is King

The
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is celebrating “World Lion Day” today. According to the WWF, “lions play a crucial
role in keeping a healthy balance of numbers among other animals and have no
natural predators." Unfortunately, the
lion habitats are shrinking.

These
maps from conservation groups show the historic scope of lion habitats
stretching across southern Europe over to parts of southern Asia and most of
the non-desert areas of Africa. Now
lions live only in parts of central and southern Africa and a very small area
of India.

For
more information about using maps for environmental research or learning
projects, please contact the Ball State University Libraries GIS Research and
Map Collection at 765-285-1097.